Contrary to what alternative medicine proponents claim, the sky isn't falling.
In the last 100 years the human lifespan has increased by over 35 years. 100 years ago the average lifespan was only 45 years. Now it's almost 80. And that number is increasing every year. If it keeps increasing at that same rate, the average lifespan of a child born in 2008 will be 98 years old.
Teen pregnancy, smoke, and drug use have all decreased significantly since the 1990s.
Rates of cancer have decreased steadily in the U.S. for 20 years and it's not just because people aren't smoking as much, though that's certainly part of it. It's also because new screening techniques that can detect pre-cancerous lesions in the colon and also because of the HPV vaccine which prevents the virus that causes cervical cancer.
Small Pox once killed millions of people per year; now it has been completely eradicated. It literally does not exist anymore.
Since 1990, global poverty rates have decreased by more than 30%. And they're on-track to have decreas 40% by 2015.
Divorce rates are much lower than people assume, and have consistently dropped since the 1970's in America. Only 20% of people who got married in the 1980s got divorced.
Violent crime rates dropped 5% between 2007 and 2008. And violent crime rates have been dropping consistently every year since 1993
The Red Cross collects 15 million blood donations per year. No one is compensated for those donations, except with cookies and juice. People just like helping other people.
In 1970 there were only 400 breeding pairs of Bald Eagles left in America, but the Endangered Species t effectively saved the species. There are now more than 10,000 breeding pairs. During the same time Whooping Cranes returned from a much more serious 50 birds total in the entire world. There are now over 500.

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Debunking Rashid Buttar: NC Medical Board Dr. Rashid A. Buttar Transcript - This is the full transcript of the NC Medical Board hearing that concluded by issuing 3 restrictions to Rashid Buttar's medical license: (1) that he cease the use of hydrogen peroxide.
(2) that he does not treat any cancer patients whether they had cancer in the past, or cancer currently, or they're diagnosed with cancer once he starts treatment; and (3) that he does not treat children less than 18 years of age.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Unfortunately the only copy of this transcript I found was from Buttar's own website where he tries to defend himself (poorly) by insisting the board is corrupt and out to get him. It is recommended that you ignore his excuses and merely stick to the court transcripts, then decide for yourself. Respectful Insolence articles on Rashid Buttar by Orac Casewatch - "Rashid Buttar Charged with Unprofessional Conduct" by Stephen Barrett, M.D.
http://glsuite.ncmedboard.org/DataTier/Documents/Repository/0/0/5/9/df8fd9ba-c3da-4f0f-9338-0291be76dd7e.pdf
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=105
http://oracknows.blogspot.com/2005/11/dr-buttar-has-new-protocol.html
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/?p=234
http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/138
http://www.wcnc.com/6newsextra/investigators/stories/wcnc-0714-ad-autism.a7fa1a7b.html
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/?p=783
http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/?p=383 "Beware, North Carolina. Beware. Dr. Rashid Buttar is free to practice medicine." by Orac MSNBC - "FDA to 8 companies: stop marketing miracle cures" By MATTHEW PERRONE